TELECOM – THIS WEEK (2416)
1.???? US lawmakers angry after Huawei unveils laptop with new Intel AI chip
Republican U.S. lawmakers on Friday criticized the Biden administration after sanctioned Chinese telecoms equipment giant Huawei unveiled a laptop this week powered by an Intel AI chip.
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2.???? Orange Introduces Augtera Network AI Platform to offer best-in-class quality of service and customer experience
Orange integrates Network Artificial Intelligence as part of its Network Operating Center (NOC) tools after a two-year production trial of Augtera that identified Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML) operational use cases to achieve transformative business results.?
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3.???? CMA outlines growing concerns in markets for AI Foundation Models
The CMA is concerned that some firms may have both the ability and the incentive to shape these markets in their own interests – both to protect existing market power and to extend it into new areas. This could profoundly impact fair, open, and effective competition in FM-related markets, ultimately harming businesses and consumers, for example through reduced choice, lower quality, and higher prices, as well as stunting the flow of potentially unprecedented innovation and wider economic benefits from AI.??
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4.???? SK Telecom’s enduring belief in metaverse spells hope for the technology
South Korea’s largest service provider, SK Telecom, continues to back the metaverse despite its limited global uptake. The service provider was recently in the news for forming partnerships with CelcomDigi, Malaysia’s largest mobile carrier; Agate, an Indonesian game publisher; and Philippine-based Cherry and Cosmic Technologies, to expand the reach of its metaverse platform, ifland.
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5.???? Industry Voices: Telcos continue to bleed. They need AI help fast
Can AI rescue everything? Not likely. It’s likely to have an outsized benefits for cloud providers, while the upside for service providers may be limited to automation and reducing costs with AI operations (AIOps).
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6.???? Samsung knocks Apple off the smartphone throne
Samsung reclaimed the global smartphone market crown from its fierce rival Apple in the first quarter of 2024, during which the total volume of device shipments increased by 7.8%, according to IDC.??
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7.???? Jio tops 40% mobile market share in India
Reliance Jio has further strengthened its position as the leading mobile service provider in India by adding millions of new connections during February and taking its market share above 40% for the first time, according to the latest subscriber data released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).?
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8.???? Polish operator Play extends partnership with Netcracker for digital BSS and professional services
Netcracker Technology?announced that Play, the operator that acquired UPC Poland and is part of iliad, a major European telecommunications group, has extended its relationship with Netcracker for professional services and?Digital BSS, which provides support for a number of functions, from onboarding new subscribers to service activation, including billing and payments.
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9.???? Microsoft invests $1.5 billion in Abu Dhabi’s G42 to accelerate AI development and global expansion
G42, the leading UAE-based artificial intelligence (AI) technology holding company, and Microsoft Corp. announced a $1.5 billion strategic investment by Microsoft in G42. The investment will strengthen the two companies’ collaboration on bringing the latest Microsoft AI technologies and skilling initiatives to the UAE and other countries around the world. As part of this expanded partnership Brad Smith, Vice Chair and President of Microsoft, will join the G42 Board of Directors.
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10.? TM Forum leads the way for the AI-Native telco at upcoming DTW24 – Ignite
TM Forum, the leading global alliance of telco and tech companies, today unveils the agenda of its upcoming flagship DTW24 – Ignite global summit. Taking place June 18th?to 20th?, the summit returns to Copenhagen following a record-breaking event in 2023 that saw 3,700 delegates from 114 countries convene to exchange insights, collaborate, and challenge the status quo. This year’s theme,?‘Leading the way to an AI-Native Telco’,?brings together CTOs, CIOs, CEOs and industry architects to co-create the prescription for the industry’s most pressing challenges. Global industry leaders, designers and builders will convene in Copenhagen to cut through the jargon and de-code what it truly means to shift from a Digital Telco Era to an AI-Native Telco.
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11.? Mavenir Digital BSS Now Available on Amazon Web Services Marketplace
Mavenir’s Digital Enablement (MDE) Business Support System (BSS) stack with composable architecture allows Communication Service Providers (CSPs) to implement innovative strategies and new selling models quickly, cost-effectively and with minimal risk, with the ability to test models iteratively and speed time-to-market without increasing capital and resource costs. MDE’s comprehensive set of modules already run on AWS – for reduced application-to-infrastructure test times – and span customer management, product catalog, order management, CRM, billing, converged charging, API monetization and network slice charging. With low-code/no-code visual builders and templated solutions-in-a-box, MDE is now available as a one-stop destination and digital marketplace for CSPs looking to implement new or complex models simply and agilely.
12.? China’s Project Tiantong offers cheap satellite-to-smartphone connectivity
Chinese scientists have developed a sustainable way to enable calls between smartphones and satellites without using the terrestrial network. This project, called?Project Tiantong, which means?"connecting with heaven" and?draws inspiration from the biblical story of the Tower of Babel, could be set to disrupt the Chinese service provider market as it can provide affordable connectivity to everyone, regardless of their socioeconomic status.
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13.? vRAN is catching on
The past six months have marked a major milestone in the adoption of Virtual Radio Access Networks (vRAN ) for 5G, according to a new report from Mobile Experts.?Vendors are bringing out new RAN software and silicon, which is driving adoption by mobile network operators (MNOs), Mobile Experts analyst Joe Madden told.?“The change in the last year is that semiconductor and software options are filling in, with AMD, ARM-based, and GPU-based options on the chip side and greater maturity in commercial software,” he said.
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14.? FutureNet World: CSP colloquium highlights ‘tough’ challenges of Euro CSPs?
The excellent?FutureNet?conference taking place in London today is packed with senior executives from European service providers and hosted by the erudite and engaging Roy Chua, principal at AvidThink. But anyone who came to the event hoping for easy answers about how to guarantee future success for communications service providers (CSPs) will leave disappointed.??
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15.? Nokia sees light at the end of the 2024 tunnel
As anticipated, Nokia has had a tough financial start to 2024, reporting a 19% year-on-year dip in like-for-like first-quarter revenues to €4.67bn and a 6% dip in operating profit to €400m as customer spending in North America continues to be constrained and the massive 5G investment push by India’s two main operators tails off.?
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16.? Proximus revamps customer service operations platform in collaboration with Infosys
Infosys, a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting, today announced a successful collaboration with?Proximus, Belgium’s leading digital services and communications solutions provider, on the ServiceNow platform. Infosys helped Proximus to standardize its existing processes on the ServiceNow platform and transform its customer service management (CSM) operations.
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17.? Oracle to invest more than $8bn in cloud computing and AI in Japan
Oracle Corporation Japan announced that it plans to invest more than $8 billion over the next 10 years to meet the growing demand for cloud computing and AI infrastructure in Japan. The investment will grow?Oracle Cloud Infrastructure’s (OCI)?footprint across Japan. In addition, to help customers and partners address the digital sovereignty requirements in Japan, Oracle will significantly expand its operations and support engineering teams with Japan-based personnel.
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18.? Arelion launches global 5G roaming solution with BroadForward
Arelion announced a partnership with?BroadForward?to launch Arelion’s new 5G Standalone Roaming solution. Building on Arelion’s renowned global 3G and 4G roaming services, this development will enable Arelion’s customers to enhance their global roaming capabilities with the full benefits of 5G technology. As the operator of the world’s #1 ranked IP backbone network, Arelion is ideally positioned to enable the 5G solutions required to deliver high-quality mobile data services and IoT applications.
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19.? Zain Sudan goes live with Totogi's Charging-as-a-Service
Totogi, the leading innovator in AI-powered, SaaS-based, telecommunications monetization software, today announces the successful go-live of its?Charging-as-a-Service?platform for Zain’s Sudanese operating company. The transition from a large, legacy, incumbent charging vendor was accomplished in 18 days at a much lower total cost of ownership (TCO) and sets a new standard for agility and innovation in the telecom sector for a Tier 1 operator serving more than 20 million subscribers.
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20.? Nokia joins Ericsson in forecasting stronger second half
Finnish telecom gear maker Nokia, opens new tab?reported a smaller-than-expected rise in quarterly profit on Thursday as sluggish demand for 5G gear in key markets North America and India continued to weigh on sales. "This will still be a weak year, for the mobile RAN (radio access network) market and we expect, as I said, it to gradually pick up during the year," CEO Pekka Lundmark told reporters.